A much-awaited late-night movie watch in a theatre after ages. We prefer the time because the kids snuggle in the gold seat and are in their dreamland. Much has changed with theatres today…..jazzy decors, lavish seats, plenty of food options,...
Pickles Relish Chutney & Sauces
Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
It was past midnight. The airport lounge was dotted with people awaiting the boarding announcement. Moment it was done there was a silent march, zone wise into the aircraft. I just wanted to sit back and catch up on my...
Roti Parathas & Puris
Butter Murruku Stuffed Paratha | Paratha Recipes
The Times of India featured a blog titled “Roti Republic’, a fascinating read which inspired this post. The author had narrated the several avatars of roti, one of which was the stuffed paratha. ….the golden pan-fried goodness that’s so unique...
Idly, Dosa, Adai & Vada
MoreKali Recipe | MoreKuzh Recipe
Rice the grain of life is synonymous with food in India. A staple that provides nearly 80 % of our energy needs, it is much appreciated as a functional food for its high digestibility, biological value amino acids, selenium content,...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Mumbai Style Vegetable Grilled Sandwich Recipe
Sandwiches……square, rectangle, triangle with billions and billions of buzzing electrons forming bonds that hold together the carbohydrate, fat, and protein that we call as a quick meal. The energy in these bonds eventually power our body. Juliet A. Boghossian an...
Vegetable Cookery
Manathakkali Pachadi Recipe | Black Nightshade Raita
It’s a food that’s been around for 12,000 years. It pops up in the Rig Veda as Karambha and ayurvedic texts extol its virtues. Genghis Khan insisted that his warriors consume copious quantities to make them stronger and braver. Wondering...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Steamed Panang Kizhangu Recipe | Palmyra sprout
Palm sprout also known as Panai Kizhangu or Panamkizhangu is an underground sprout of palm/palmyra trees, mostly cultivated in southern India. The Tamil poem Tala Vilasam by Arunachala of Kumbakonam lauds the palmyra as a tree of life and catalogues...
Masala Powders
Garlic-Peanut Chutney Powder Recipe
Kashiraja author of ancient books Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, describes a plant thus - with leaves the dark shade of blue like sapphire, and bulbs white like jasmine, crystal, white lotus, moon...
Pickles Relish Chutney & Sauces
Chintakaya Pachadi Recipe | Green Tamarind Pickle
A beautiful & divine culmination of a hectic week with a fleeting trip to Tirupati to get the blessings of lord Vishnu incarnate began with a pleasant early morning drive. The few seconds in the sanctum of the lord energized...
Masala Powders
Paruppu Podi Recipe | Dal Powder
Dal/Daal/Dhal…… a generic term used for a variety of glistening tiny lentils. Their myriad colours range from ivory white and yellow to pale red, olive green, brown, maroon and black. These tiny staples are powerhouses of protein. K.T. Achaya the...